title: [Tuberculomas of the brain].
abstract: Literature data and individual observations of 5 cases with a rare disease, like tuberculoma of the brain, are presented. From the clinical point of view, the disease in children, aged 4-9 years, proceeds like cerebral tumor. A surgical intervention has revealed a tuberculoma of the cerebellum in 4 and that of the truncus cerebri in 1 patient. The diagnosis of tuberculoma of the brain was confirmed histologically. Clinico-laboratory data and the impact of tuberculostatic therapy in the postoperative period were studied.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Volkova
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Biriuchkov
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Tuberkulemy golovnogo mozga.